Knowledge Base Contributions

Below is a list of the knowledge base entries that Jonathan de Boyne Pollard has contributed to:

• Why doesn't an "ANY" query to "dnscache" return all resource records attached to the domain name?
  

• I rely upon "daemontools" and "ucspi-tcp". But DJB has time-limited distribution of those packages!
  

• How do I reject mail for specific envelope recipients at SMTP Relay time?
  

• How can I get qmail to check the domain name portions of envelope sender mailbox names?
  

• My mail is not being delivered. The log says "deferral: CNAME_lookup_failed_temporarily._(#4.4.3)/"
  

• qmail-smtpd takes a long time to respond when doing telnet <ipaddress> 25.
  

• What is the easiest way to transfer my existing Microsoft DNS zones/records to djbdns?
  What is the easiest way to convert 500+ bind dns zone files to tinydns format?
  How can I import bind (or tinydns) zone files into a mysql database?
  

• What is a good default configuration with 2 nameservers for a domain in tinydns-data?
  

• Outlook Express is sending mails to qmail server but not able to recieve mails
  

• when i will telnet like "telnet www.tower5.com 25" it will give -ERR Bad Login after giving password
  

• <'cat /var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery'@fake.domain.com>:why am i getting this error?
  

• My qmail-smtpd receives email with the phrase "by 0 with SMTP". How do I change 0 to a host name?
  

• Why has qmail stopped copying mail delivery error messages to mailer-daemon?
  

• How do I configure my server to accept a delegation from a superdomain's content DNS servers ?
  

• How do I eliminate duplicate lines from my "data" file?
  

• Can I get the services of POP3 and SMTP by connectiong the qmail server thrugh httpd ?
  

• i sent & immediately recd an test email to my id using outlook exp and recd time is 6 hours behind
  

• I cannot start dnscache. It responds dnscache fatal $IP not set. Pls help.
  

• Outlook cant fetch mail from my qmail server, but testing it via telnet works fine
  

• How can you keep qmail from relaying to local virtual domains?
  

• How can I create an egroup for users in qmail like yahoo?
  

• how to convert/move /var/spool/mail/someuser to Maildir as root
  

• How can i reject email from a specific email address (not the whole domain) ?
  

• How can I set up qmail to use ssl for pop3 users?
  

• How to make qmail send mail for domains without A records but with valid MX records?
  

• How do I make rblsmtpd accept ALL mail for specific local domains, but check all others?
  

• qmailctl stat shows -send: up 0 seconds, what could cause this? How to fix?
  

• How can I send a recursive query to a specific server?
  

• how do i increase the size of log files using multilog-daemontools
  

• Procmail not filtering messages in Maildir format?
  

• How can I change the path to the ~alias/ folder?
  

• Does djbdns respond to TCP queries?
  

• I know how to add, but how do I DELETE records from tinydns without editing the data file manually?
  

• How do I make my dnscache act as a forwarding proxy server?
  How do I implement split horizon DNS using djbdns?
  

• What is the logfile format?
  

• What utilities exist for large-scale various-mailbox-formats to Maildir conversions?
  

• Is there an equivalent of the unix "mail" program to read Maildir boxes?
  

• Why does qmail fail abuse.net relay tests?